759 Temple Preview 2024

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• Temple Rededication
  • St George Utah Temple – #1
  • Presided by President Jeffery Holland on December 10th.
    • Joined by Son, Matthew Holland, Gerald Causse, Kevin Duncan, and Brian Taylor
    • Presiden Holland was baptized in the temple baptismal font, as well as endowed and sealed to the late Patricia Holland.
  • Rededicatory prayer – All temple dedicatory prayers are published in the Church News. Look up specific ones the dedicatory prayers of every temple at churchofjesuschristtemples.org
• Temple Dedications Announced
  • Urdaneta Philippines Temple
    • Open House: March 15-30, 2024
    • Dedication: April 28th by Dallin Oaks
    • Third in the Philippines, 10 more are planned.
    • Announced in 2010, It took 13 years, 6th months to compete
      • 5th longest temple to complete.
  • Puebla Mexico Temple
    • Open House: March 29th to April 20, 2024
    • Dedication: May 19th by Gerrit Gong
    • 14th in Mexico, 9 more are planned.
  • Layton Utah Temple
    • Open House: April 19th to June 1, 2024
    • Dedication: June 16th by David Bednar
    • 20th in Utah, total of 28.
• Temple Sites Announced
  • McKinney Texas Temple
    • Announced in October 2022 as the Prosper Texas Temple
    • 8.16 acre site on Stacey Road in Fairview Texas
      • Located across the street from the City of Allen.
      • Stiffed Mayor in Prosper and Fairview?
    • Multi-story temple of 44,000 sq. ft.
      • Will likely be sandwiched between two christian churches
      • Vacant property on the corner owned by Twin Creeks Church of Christ – who has a church in Allen close to an LDS chapel.
  • Antananarivo Madagascar Temple
    • 10 acre site
    • Meetinghouse for the Ambohijanahary and Ambohimanarina Wards.
    • Located next to the U.S. Embassy
    • 10,000 sq. ft. single level Temple with a Patron housing and Arrival facilities
  • Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple
    • 5 acre site on Rosario Limketkai Avenue
    • Down the road from the Limketkai Center Mall
    • Church has posted signs on the site since at least september 2022
    • Site Clearing as occurred this year
    • 18,499 sq. ft. two-story temple (Similar to Davao)
    • Announced in April 2018 (First batch of announcements by RMN)
  • Birmingham England Temple
    • 2.7 acre site in Birmingham (Royal Sutton Coldfield)
    • Site of a the Wylde Green meetinghouse and England Birmingham Mission Offices
    • 10,000 sq. ft single story temple (Small for the UK)
• Temple Renderings Released
  • Londrina Brazil Temple & Ribeirão Prêto Temple
    • Twin looking modern designs with granite exterior
    • Slightly different steeples and details
  • Bakersfield California Temple
    • Spanish Mission style of cream color stone with terracotta roof
    • Similar style as McAllen, Yorba Linda, Fort Worth, Tampa.
• Temple Groundbreaking Announced
  • Knoxville Tennessee Temple
    • January 27, 2024
    • Elder Shayne M. Bowen Presiding
• New Missionary Training Center Campus Announced
  • Thailand MTC in Bangkok
    • Located within the Annex Building located behind the new Bangkok Thailand Temple
    • Missionary Training in Thai, English, and Russian.
    • MTC will be one of 10 operating MTCs.
• Construction Updates
  • Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square
    • New Areas opening and Closing
    • Opening:
      • January 6th: Full Church office Building Plaza, North Main street Plaza, Northwest plaza (north of tabernacle, new restroom building) Full Main Street Plaza (February)
      • 92 Flag poles, with 91 flags from the official U.N. Recognized countries. (rotating every three months placed alphabetical)
    • Closing
      • Assembly Hall limited renovation.
    • Bonus: Church confirms authenticity of leaked ambitions Temple Square concept plans to the Salt Lake Tribune
  • Managua Nicaragua Temple
    • Local Media coverage the construction progress of the temple.
    • 10 minute segment detailing the temple construction and the church in Nicaragua.
  • Heber Valley Utah Temple
    • Dark Skies group attempting to gather 3,200 signatures over 40 days to bring the issue onto the ballton next november.
  • Cody Wyoming
    • Judge denies including additional email evidence in lawsuit.
      • Says the emails are not required to further their argument based on the application of legal tests.
• Temple Vandalism
  • Provo Utah Temple
  • Scheduled to close on February 24th.
    • Last Minute attempt to save the Space Age design.
• Additional Christmas Celebrations
  • Mexico City
  • Idaho Falls
• Year in Review
  • Dedications: 11
  • Rededications: 2
  • Groundbreakings: 8
  • Announcements: 35 (Same as last year)
• Look at 2024
  • 6 Dedications, 1 rededication scheduled
  • 13 Nearing Completion
  • (14 teed up for 2025, 20+ for 2026+)
  • 3 renovations scheduled
  • 48 temple sites announced, 48 waiting site announcements
• Bonus
  • Apostle Prediction Sheet and Stats

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